tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50220980541956157842024-02-22T10:21:40.158-08:00jewellery on the brink of a relationshipOne year of 26 ways to say thank you to the jewellers, artists and thinkers who have inspired my making.kristin d'agostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266915987667103621noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022098054195615784.post-7203249371956147292010-08-22T15:02:00.000-07:002010-08-22T15:02:20.350-07:005 of 26: Rachel Bell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSGOpFgq3zitYuZhtcEe3b3R4rwoQis6G7k0OU3bNGW6p1zxT1pmEY2JOFtlRHgiWINiEzBQNrfy83vTl99inXj0uQLsuDi2Bntv1DmZpXRAWPpMVl0ueuwARtaLjNSEinpzvX0n_X3U/s1600/P1060174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSGOpFgq3zitYuZhtcEe3b3R4rwoQis6G7k0OU3bNGW6p1zxT1pmEY2JOFtlRHgiWINiEzBQNrfy83vTl99inXj0uQLsuDi2Bntv1DmZpXRAWPpMVl0ueuwARtaLjNSEinpzvX0n_X3U/s320/P1060174.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Jewellery on the Brink of a Relationship: 5 of 26</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">toy, polymer clay, non-toxic resin, found fishing line</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5cm, 5cm, 3cm</span></span></div></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">July 17, 2010</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Dear Rachel:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Please accept this piece, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: July 16 – </span></i></span><date day="28" month="1" year="2010"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">July 29, 2010</span></span></i></date><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, as a token of my gratitude. I have enjoyed observing you and your practice where thinking and making live so closely. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;">My contemporary jewellery projects examine relationships and alternative forms of exchange. In this project, I have decided to make 'thank you notes' in the form of jewellery. I will send 20 other thank you notes out over approximately a year. You are one of the special twenty-six.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I respect the time and thought you give each piece, and admire your commitment to experimentation even when it bucks commercial trends. Your voice is strong in its considered making and depth of thought. Long live the soft spoken makers! It has been a treat to watch your quite rebellion unfold in the form of jewellery.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: 5 of 26</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">July 16 – </span></span></i><date day="28" month="1" year="2009"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">July 29, 2010</span></span></i></date></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Thank You,</span><br />
</div>kristin d'agostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266915987667103621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022098054195615784.post-63627409746520679082010-02-09T21:23:00.000-08:002010-02-09T21:23:50.689-08:00temporarily on hold<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This project is temporarily on hold pending a discussion with Objectspace regarding Best In Show.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I promise, promise, promise to catch up as soon as I know which work I need to reserve.</span>kristin d'agostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266915987667103621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022098054195615784.post-88456228374779356852010-01-25T01:06:00.000-08:002010-03-21T00:03:56.142-07:004 of 26: Mom<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-left: 229.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfhOjZ5f0VtrSsvoEK0UsToYSZDJ_b2uuc9Aj3eHtOSZvEcCHbznfSHNPX7KwOffMVUHrNSs9qh_XqS1acPZ6X9E1_nla3tjAXsMuPdXmVYWmPTgSY3t7gLAzPNOyN5YERQais9Eg4ew/s1600-h/grad+show+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfhOjZ5f0VtrSsvoEK0UsToYSZDJ_b2uuc9Aj3eHtOSZvEcCHbznfSHNPX7KwOffMVUHrNSs9qh_XqS1acPZ6X9E1_nla3tjAXsMuPdXmVYWmPTgSY3t7gLAzPNOyN5YERQais9Eg4ew/s320/grad+show+018.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Jewellery on the Brink of a Relationship: 4 of 26</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Silver, non-toxic resin</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3cm, 1.5cm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">January 15, 2009</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dear Mom:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Please accept this piece, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: January 15 – </span></i></span><st1:date day="28" month="1" year="2010"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">January 28, 2010</span></span></i></st1:date><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, as a token of my gratitude. You are my supreme influence.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My contemporary jewellery projects examine relationships and alternative forms of exchange. I blame you for this. In this project, I have decided to make ‘thank you notes’ in the form of jewellery. Every fortnight for a year, I will send another thank you out. You are one of the special twenty-six recipients.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thank you for instilling in me this undying love of projects. It seems it is quite a strong trait of the Howard ladies. I cannot remember a time when you were without “a project”. The enthusiasm and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pollyanna view</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of the world you have instilled in me is the best gift in the world. Who needs punctuality? Now which project are we up to?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: 4 of 26</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">January 15 – </span></span></i><st1:date day="28" month="1" year="2009"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">January 28, 2009</span></span></i></st1:date><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thank You,</span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span> </div>kristin d'agostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266915987667103621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022098054195615784.post-5290166960145163282009-12-26T22:03:00.000-08:002009-12-26T22:03:27.314-08:00Happy Holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKckUPR2ko4BhqvEMSX8prqloMn3NUJEk4wu5_flyx77IovKH8Gle6DxwzNpAP1uUKinOiExEusaW6I6DW1QiipV1kyyZzFntYmrfA0IWtl-qlXwSQCrC4wWZkua_IUo6hFSxcE2R-MRQ/s1600-h/holidaycard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKckUPR2ko4BhqvEMSX8prqloMn3NUJEk4wu5_flyx77IovKH8Gle6DxwzNpAP1uUKinOiExEusaW6I6DW1QiipV1kyyZzFntYmrfA0IWtl-qlXwSQCrC4wWZkua_IUo6hFSxcE2R-MRQ/s320/holidaycard.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am taking a break until mid-January. </span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Happy Holidays.</span><br />
</div>kristin d'agostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266915987667103621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022098054195615784.post-81905431058735564502009-12-14T10:21:00.000-08:002010-03-21T00:05:21.530-07:003 of 26: Alan Preston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqXplHy4qbhLC-OeijYbJh3nRtyqgDYV11Ac0729mVrXcpi4w0UfuolOSWEZmRN0fzHIS7aycT4CeEr3eGtFSMbvxf6U5kBZdwCDJaaxEAFhUUNy-p4Z7J2E6YmGdeU-ynRBGGMAQs04/s1600-h/Alan+brooch+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rs="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqXplHy4qbhLC-OeijYbJh3nRtyqgDYV11Ac0729mVrXcpi4w0UfuolOSWEZmRN0fzHIS7aycT4CeEr3eGtFSMbvxf6U5kBZdwCDJaaxEAFhUUNy-p4Z7J2E6YmGdeU-ynRBGGMAQs04/s320/Alan+brooch+003.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: x-small;">Jewellery on the Brink of a Relationship: 3 of 26</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Silver, non-toxic resin, found material, shell</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">9cm, 6cm, 4cm</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">December 4, 2009</span><br />
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Dear Alan: <br />
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Please accept this piece, <em>Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: December 4 - 18, 2009,</em> as a token of my gratitude. I have admired your work and practice over the past three years and thoroughly enjoyed having you as a tutor and role model.</span><br />
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As you know, my practice has evolved into a series of contemporary jewellery projects that examine relationships and alternative forms of exchange. And in this project I have decided to make ‘thank you notes’ in the form of jewellery. Every fortnight for a year, I send out another thank you. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
I am including you because of the extraordinary support you offer your students, and the effort you make to attend most events. It means a lot to have you in our corner. Getting the chance to soak up your wisdom, generous nature and time is a jewel in itself. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
I have come to enjoy the portable, rotating gallery that your jackets provide. Having filled your lapel space (shall we call it the MOMA) you have started utilising your waist pocket to display a second brooch (let’s call that PS1). I hope that this brooch might find a place in the rotation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCClVce1Er_Lt3pydXD5ZJRo_Us9DqGCpddrtU78iN8-Qa1T7RtPYgWKwZD19bpZRQC4QhTV1Ruf-Q8Nbjt6WkLke4DYxPLXekIGPTzA8V1InqmMMFTIOnjf07NMWlhzHKougUcntLx7U/s1600-h/Alan+brooch+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rs="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCClVce1Er_Lt3pydXD5ZJRo_Us9DqGCpddrtU78iN8-Qa1T7RtPYgWKwZD19bpZRQC4QhTV1Ruf-Q8Nbjt6WkLke4DYxPLXekIGPTzA8V1InqmMMFTIOnjf07NMWlhzHKougUcntLx7U/s320/Alan+brooch+007.jpg" /></a></div><em>Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: 3 of 26</em><br />
December 4 - 18, 2009<br />
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Thank You,kristin d'agostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266915987667103621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022098054195615784.post-1628265422505262342009-11-25T21:56:00.000-08:002010-03-21T01:29:49.436-07:002 of 26: Damian Skinner<div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftHrpkcQl7751Y8jj46Y9Mrhja58e0_A2LqSd20lgcXH7ouYJFJWzDGcxhqEOJJBzTpAtgUzYwDq_lkJ9ZjdeY2aKD6eqzLigBj9yA4pbw3nJMtr5wlA23kvipjw2pM2P2wv-DBriHiA/s1600/P1050567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftHrpkcQl7751Y8jj46Y9Mrhja58e0_A2LqSd20lgcXH7ouYJFJWzDGcxhqEOJJBzTpAtgUzYwDq_lkJ9ZjdeY2aKD6eqzLigBj9yA4pbw3nJMtr5wlA23kvipjw2pM2P2wv-DBriHiA/s320/P1050567.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: xx-small;">Jewellery on the Brink of a Relationship: 2 of 26</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Silver, non-toxic resin, found material, magnolia pod</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">10cm, 7cm, 5cm</span></span></div><br />
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<i>20 November, 2009<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Dear Damian: </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;">Please accept this piece, <i>Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: November 20 – December 3, 2009,</i> as a token of my gratitude. I have admired your writing </span>since I discovered it three years ago.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">My practice has evolved into a series of contemporary jewellery projects that examine relationships and alternative forms of exchange. For this project I have decided to make ‘thank you notes’ in the form of jewellery. Every fortnight for a year, I will send out another thank you. You are one of the twenty-six recipients. The project will be documented here on this blog.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I also wanted to thank you for your support of my past projects. Your advice has been invaluable. Knowing you are out there with a sharpe pen and astute eye keeps me diligent and critical in aligning my theoretical views and physical practice. Thank you for your consistent and fantastic blogging. Lunch breaks have been so much cheerier since <a href="http://www.pauadreams.co.nz/">Paua Dreams</a> came along. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><i>Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: 2 of 26</i></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">November 20 – December 3, 2009</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Thank You,<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: November 6 – November 19, 2009</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Please accept this piece, <i>Jewellery on the brink of a relationship: November 6 – November 19, 2009,</i> as a token of my gratitude. I have looked to your work and your practice for inspiration over the past three years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have evolved into a maker focused on contemporary jewellery projects that examine relationships and alternative forms of exchange. In this project, I have decided to make ‘thank you notes’ in the form of jewellery. Every fortnight for a year, I will send another thank you out. You are the first of twenty-six recipients. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have particularly enjoyed the multifaceted nature of your practice. I find the fact that you contribute to contemporary jewellery in New Zealand as a curator, writer/speaker, teacher and maker very inspiring. Thinking of you, I make my brooches just a little bit larger. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">November 6 – November 19, 2009</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thank You,</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My work focuses on jewellery that explores alternative forms of exchange between maker and wearer. This project functions as homage. Each fortnight for a year, one of twenty-six unique pieces will land on the doorstep of a different artist or thinker who has provided me with inspiration.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A thank you note implies a relationship. In my circumstance the relationship up to this point has often been one sided. This project attempts to scramble the current paradigm where one person makes and the other observes. In this case, both parties function as giver and receiver and as maker and viewer. It is an experiment in interchange and initiating relationships.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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